Dating this print is difficult because it could apply to a broad time during the Napoleonic wars. The period just prior to Bonaparte's first abdication is selected from internal evidence. By 1814 the strong Prussian incursions into France were the principle threat, so a petite and dancing Napoleon is shows fencing with a strong and heavy Prussian officer. Each are backed by national types: Napoleon by an infantryman, one of his marshals, and a satire of an effete Tallyrand; the Prussian could be Blucher backed by a Dutchman, an Alsatian, and a Russian on horseback. Judging between the two combatants stands an English sailor, commander of the seas and self-assured victor in the wars. Comments by each is delicately engraved in the top margin. We assume that the print was made in Berlin since Schadow (1764-1850) and Buchhorn (1777-1856) worked in that city. $400

Louis XVIII, was the elder of the two surviving brothers of Louis XVI, and after the first exile of Napoleon by the allies, he was appointed king of France, reigning as a constitutional monarch until 1824. Here he is seen, fat and suffering from gout, wearing the star of St. Louis, and holding a wine glass containing the reduced figure of Napoleon Bonaparte. A fine print expressing smug satisfaction at the political situation in Europe in the style of the golden age of British caricature. $750

A fascinating 'apotheosis' print of Napoleon issued shortly after his death on May 5, 1821. Napoleon is shown being lead up to heaven by a trumpet blowing goddess, while his troops and officers praise him with laurel branches. To the left is shown some mourners on St. Helena. Below is a elegy to the great man. $275

A dramatic lithograph showing Napoleon landing on Malta in 1798. The island of Malta was an important strategic stronghold in the Mediterranean Sea and Napoleon knew that controlling it would help French fleet, both in the region and his desire to conquer Egypt and India. He captured the island but the Maltese revolted and remaining French forces were forced to surrender when the British intervened. Thus began the start of a century and half of British rule of the island. $325

In 1840, Louis Phillippe ordered that the body of Napoleon be moved from St. Helena to the Invalides in Paris. This French lithograph shows the casket being turned over to the naval guard of honor before being sent out to the ship for transport. $225

Paul Delaroche [1797-1856]. "Les Girondins." Paris and London: Goupil, 1858. 21 x 38 1/4 (image) with full platemarks and margins. Steel mezzotint by Edouard Girardet [1819-1880]. Notes on far bottom corners state that publishers were in New York at Knoedlers and Goupil in Berlin. Excellent.

The Girondists were a political faction that was part of the leftist Legislative Assembly of 1791-92. They were typically youthful idealists with a penchant for fine oratory, and since a large percentage of them came from Bordeaux, they were named for their department ­ the Gironde. As the royalists were either executed or expelled, the Girondists became the only party with power that could be labeled as right. They did not wish to execute the king while favoring a federal form of government. With the coming of the National Convention of 1792-3, Robespierre and his party, the Mountain, gained power. On 2 June 1793 the Jacobins and the members of the commune had the National Guard arrest 31 Girondist deputies. Subsequently many of them were executed during the Reign of Terror. In this picture some of the members are being summoned to their executions. Their deaths were unnecessary since at heart they were revolutionaries. Here was a history lesson for Europeans in power who would be persecuting the revolutionaries of 1848. $850

After his failed invasion of Russia and defeat by the Allies, Napoleon abdicated and bid farewell to the remnants of his faithful officers in the courtyard at Fontainebleau before being sent into exile on the island of Elba. The emotional speech he gave to his Old Guard:

Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell. For twenty years I have constantly accompanied you on the road to honor and glory.In these latter times, as in the days of our prosperity, you have invariably been models of courage and fidelity. With mensuch as you our cause could not be lost; but the war would have been interminable; it would have been civil war, and that wouldhave entailed deeper misfortunes on France. I have sacrificed all of my interests to those of the country. I go, but you, myfriends, will continue to serve France. Her happiness was my only thought. It will still be the object of my wishes. Do notregret my fate; if I have consented to survive, it is to serve your glory. I intend to write the history of the greatachievements we have performed together. Adieu, my friends. Would I could press you all to my heart.

A dramatic print which is considered an accurate representation of Napoleon's death scene on Saturday 5 May, 1821 on the island of St. Helena. Grand Marshall Bertrand sketched a plan of the room noting positions of the furniture and people at the time of death. De Steuben painted the portraits of all of Napoleon's companions in exile upon their return to France.

François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars. Born in Chartres in 1769, Marceau enlisted in the French Army at age 16. While in Paris, he participated in the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. Resigning from the Army, he joined the National Guard and was eventually promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of a French Revolutionary Army battalion. In 1793, Marceau distinguished himself in battle against the Royalist forces by rescuing an important Revolutionary representative. He was promoted through the ranks after winning several victories and reached the rank of General of the Division upon his death in 1796, when he was wounded in battle during the unsuccessful invasion of Germany. His ashes were eventually interred in the Pantheon in Paris in 1889. $575

From 1819 to 1863, the firm of Pellerin at Épinal produced a number of secular French historical images by the process of wood engraving, with hand color. It appears the firm kept the plates, for in 1912, Pellerin et Cie issues a group of these images in a portfolio entitled Napoleon par l'image Populaire. The primary force behind these images was Jean-Charles Pellerin (1756-1836), a clock maker in Épinal, who had the idea to expand production of wood engraved religious images to secular ones also, all for popular consumption. Pellerin's studio originated the print industry in Épinal. Pellerin taught his trade to Réveillé, an imperial soldier, who recorded his memories of the campaigns. Réveillé then taught François Georgin (1801-1863), who continued the firm. Later the firm moved to Paris and it is there that these later impressions were pulled, preserving for us these wonderful popular images which would scarce have survived into this century otherwise.

Most images portrayed events in the career of Napoleon Bonaparte where he was victorious, though others show later events where the French were outnumbered, but still invincible. $250

This atlas was designed to accompany Rope's Campaign of Waterloo-A Military History. From an initial map showing the entire theatre of the battle (northwest France and Belgium) to troop positions at hourly intervals. $275